"Melo?"
What's wrong?
Meloetta looked at Lucas, who had regained consciousness, and asked in confusion what had happened just now, and why he had suddenly lost consciousness.
"It's nothing. The twin-tails dragged me into its mental space to test whether I could become the Hero of Truth."
Lucas reached out and gently stroked Meloetta's chin, and Meloetta comfortably squinted its eyes.
"Melo~"
Did you succeed?
"Of course. Who do you think I am? I'm the owner of the Breeding House."
"Melo~"
That's amazing~
"Thanks for the compliment, you're amazing too."
After Lucas finished speaking with Meloetta, he turned to look at Reshiram. "It's finally over. I'm exhausted."
"You have worked hard, my hero."
Reshiram nodded gently, its warm voice echoing in Lucas's mind.
"It's my duty."
Lucas waved his hand, then rode Latias back to the ground.
Lucas stretched, yawned, and said wearily, "It's finally over."
"You've worked hard."
Cynthia spoke first, smiling warmly at Lucas.
"This time, it's thanks to you and Cynthia. Thank you."
Shauntal thanked him sincerely.
"Many thanks for your help."
Drayden performed a standard knight's salute.
"Tha— — — — Thanks— — — —"
Lucas looked over, realized it was Caitlin, and then grinned.
Heh, Caitlin? Just a blonde loser!
"Lucas!"
Ash's voice came over.
Lucas and the others turned their heads to find Ash and his friends dragging Team Rocket's Dr. Zager towards them.
"I caught him!"
Ash grinned.
Lucas looked at Dr. Zager lying on the ground, thinking, *You actually caught him?*
Lucas nodded, reached out to take Victini, who was perched on Ash's head, into his arms. He then looked at Ash and nodded. "Well done."
Upon hearing this, Ash and Pikachu exchanged glances, then giggled.
Iris looked at Drayden standing beside Lucas and happily called out, "Grandpa Drayden."
Drayden gently patted her head. "How have you been lately?"
Iris nodded emphatically. "Axew and I have gotten a lot stronger recently."
"Keep it up."
Victini, held in Lucas's arms, was confused, but then it saw Meloetta sitting on Lucas's shoulder.
"Melo~"
Hello~
Meloetta greeted Victini gently.
Victini: !!!
"Tini~"
Hello~
Victini was just like that, held in Lucas's arms.
After chatting for a while, Lucas spoke up: "Since everything is resolved, let's go back to Opelucid City to rest. I'm exhausted."
Everyone nodded and began to discuss what to eat later to reward themselves.
At this moment, Lucas felt someone tugging on his clothes. He turned back and saw the Team Rocket Trio. While Ash and the others were still chatting, he followed the trio to the side.
"What's wrong?"
Lucas asked suspiciously.
"Um— — — — Manager— — — —"
Jessie spoke weakly, "We have something to tell you. Can you promise not to get angry?"
Lucas was full of confusion. "Tell me first."
"James, you say it!"
Jessie pushed James forward directly.
James, looking resigned, closed his eyes and said, "We know that old man. We snuck into his Gym a while ago and stole the Gym's treasure."
Lucas followed James's hand and looked at Drayden.
"Gym Leader Drayden? What treasure? Opelucid City's Gym has a treasure? How come I didn't know?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lucas remembered something. "You didn't steal the dna splicers, did you?!"
"dna splicers? What's that? We don't know."
Jessie shook her head in confusion. Lucas breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
Immediately after, Jessie said, "But it looks like this."
Jessie rummaged through her pocket.
"! James, do you have it?!"
James looked confused and also felt his pockets.
"!"
"..."
Jessie and James exchanged glances, then looked miserable.
"Don't tell me we lost it?"
"Wobbuffet~"
Wobbuffet jumped out. It clearly indicated that a stone had fallen out while Jessie was fighting earlier, landing on the ground.
Jessie: — — — —
James: — — — —
Meowth: — — — —
Lucas: — — — —
Gengar: — — — —
"Wobbuffet~"
"Get back in there!"
Jessie recalled Wobbuffet into its Poké Ball.
Lucas already had a bad premonition in his heart. He looked at the Victini in his arms.
Ash— — — — Victini— — — —
Lucas closed his eyes in resignation.
"What did that stone look like?"
Jessie described it.
It was indeed the dna splicers that were on display at the Opelucid City Gym.
"I remember Gym Leader Drayden was still holding the dna splicers, wasn't he? I saw it just before I came here."
Hearing Lucas's words, the trio exchanged glances, then spoke cautiously: "That was fake. We made a pirated version and swapped it, thinking it must be something very valuable, so we just—"
"..."
Lucas: — — — —
"I— — — — You— — — —"
Lucas felt a sharp pain in his heart.
"No wonder Team Plasma suddenly retreated. So they picked up the real dna splicers?"
"What do we do now? Manager."
Jessie asked cautiously.
Lucas glared at them. "You're in big trouble once this is over. For now, it's fine. Fortunately, both the Dragon of Truth and the Dragon of Ideals are with us. They only have one Kyurem, so they can't stir up any trouble."
Lucas thought about how Zekrom and Reshiram were both here, and breathed a sigh of relief.
They couldn't fuse from a distance, right?
Just as Lucas was feeling relieved, James pointed behind Lucas, signaling him to look.
"But— — — — that black dragon just left a moment ago?"
Lucas: "!"
Lucas turned around abruptly and found that only Reshiram was grooming its fur. The Forces of Nature were lying on the ground, and two Deoxys were floating in the air. Zekrom was gone!
Where is my Zekrom?! Where is my huge Zekrom?!
Who hid it from me?!
Lucas fell backward in resignation.
"Lucas!!!"
The Team Rocket Trio hurriedly caught Lucas, exclaiming in surprise.
Cynthia and the others heard the noise and turned to look, only to find Lucas lying on the ground.
Cynthia walked over quickly, took Lucas into her arms, and asked worriedly: "What's wrong?"
Lucas sighed wearily, then stood up with Cynthia's help. He looked at N and asked: "N, where is Zekrom?"
N answered truthfully: "I let it go to chase the rest of Team Plasma. The mistake I made must be resolved by me."
Hearing this, Lucas's heart, which had been hanging in the balance, died completely.
Lucas rubbed his temples to calm down, then gripped the wooden pendant on his chest and closed his eyes.
Cynthia felt her wrist get hot. She looked at the small wooden pendant tied to her wrist, which was glowing slightly.
She looked at Lucas in confusion. "It's not over yet?"
Lucas let go of the pendant and nodded, then said: "I received news that the dna splicers in Opelucid City are fake. The real dna splicers have already been stolen."
After a pause, Lucas continued: "And right now, the real dna splicers are in the hands of Team Plasma."
Drayden: !!!
"How is this possible! I have been keeping the dna splicers safe the whole time!"
How would I know!
Lucas was furious in his heart. You were the one who said keeping the dna splicers yourself was the safest option, that no one could touch it without your permission. Yet, Team Rocket stole it right under your nose, and you didn't even know!
Opelucid City Gym is District 13, right! The safest place in the world!
"Grandpa Drayden, the dna splicers are—"
Iris asked.
Drayden hesitated for a moment, then explained: "It is said to be a legendary ancient object that allows two of the three Tao Dragons to fuse—it has been guarded by the Gym Leaders of the Opelucid City Gym for generations. I didn't expect—"
Cynthia interrupted at this point, "Team Plasma controls Kyurem, and Zekrom has chased after them, which means—"
Lucas nodded, "That is the most difficult part to solve—"
They are already so strong individually; wouldn't they be even stronger after fusing?
"Lucas, what do we do now?"
Ash asked.
"What else can we do? Keep fighting!"
Lucas said in a deep voice.
Lucas looked up at Reshiram, who was watching him. "I need your help, Reshiram."
"Naturally, stopping Zekrom and the others is my responsibility."
Having received Reshiram's promise, Lucas looked at "Lucian Number Two." "Deoxys, one last time. Help me one last time."
Deoxys: — — — —
The two Deoxys closed their eyes in resignation.
Seeing this, Lucas grinned, and then he looked at the Forces of Nature, who had just regained consciousness.
Since they were already injured, it wouldn't hurt to have them draw some fire.
"Forces of Nature, this disaster, which was originally caused by you, should also be quelled by you."
Forces of Nature: ————
How did this become a disaster caused by us?!
After we got beaten up, we were inexplicably captured on the way home, then controlled, then beaten up again, and now you're telling me this disaster was caused by us?
You can't just go around pinning blame like that!
"Hmm?"
Lucas let out a hum. The Forces of Nature roared in exasperation, forced to agree.
Seeing this, Lucas nodded in satisfaction, and Gengar, standing behind the Forces of Nature, put away the Dark Void in its hand.
"Gen Gengar!"
Almost accidentally hurt a teammate~
"In that case, let's go. This battle should be coming to an end."
After saying this, Lucas mounted Latias, while the others sat on Reshiram's back, following behind Lucas and Cynthia as they flew forward.
Watching Lucas flying ahead, Drayden, sitting on Reshiram's back, remarked with emotion, "Some people, you only need to see their back to know they are an extremely reliable person."
"The hero recognized by the legendary dragon, the savior of the Unova region, a natural-born leader————"
"The Manager of the Breeding House, a world-class Breeder, the second Champion of the Sinnoh region, the emissary of Arceus, a top doctor in the field of Pokémon knowledge, the spokesperson for the Distortion World, the protector of the Sea God, a friend of the Forest God, a supporter of nightmares————"
Shauntal continued after Drayden, her eyes lighting up, "I've already got inspiration for my next, next, next book!"
At this moment, Ash grinned, "And, Champion Cynthia's boyfriend!"
Eindoak.
Lacunosa Town.
Giant Chasm.
Team Plasma leader Ghetsis looked at Kyurem and Zekrom, who were imprisoned in the machine before him. Zekrom was struggling and roaring continuously, the engine in its tail constantly tempering electrical currents. Every time it tried to burst forth, the machine absorbed it and converted it into power.
Zekrom, having received instructions from N, was pursuing Team Plasma when the Team Plasma airship pulled a sudden counter-attack. Under Kyurem's attack, it was captured by Team Plasma using the machine, and now it could only Roar helplessly.
"Zekrom————the dragon of ideals————." Ghetsis pushed up the red monocle on his face, looking at Zekrom, which was clad in black and gold armor, and let out a cold snort.
Would you rather acknowledge that demon's ideals than acknowledge my own?
Ghetsis then looked at Kyurem, which was also being controlled. The gray-blue, bipedal tyrannosaurus-like Kyurem was currently baring its strong lower jaw, exhaling frost from its mouth, with two ice horns extending from the top of its head like broken Icicle Spears.
Its wings were made of ice that never thawed, growing on Kyurem's back, and its tail sprouted three terrifying ice spikes. The extremely low temperature radiating from its body seemed capable of swallowing lightning and flames entirely.
At this moment, it was roaring at Ghetsis, and terrifying cold air surged toward him, but the energy shield in front of Ghetsis blocked this cold air.
The shield shattered, regenerated, and shattered again.
"Kyurem————the strongest dragon————truly beautiful————"
Ghetsis expressed his opinion sincerely.
"The legendary dragon of nothingness has more research significance than all the Pokémon on Earth."
Colress lowered his head to operate the machine and said, "I will make it unleash its true power."
"Are you already confident?"
Ghetsis turned to look at Colress. Colress said excitedly, "In the hands of the genius Colress, all problems will be solved easily, and truth will have no boundaries."
There was a fanaticism in Colress's eyes, "Only those two useless things in the Hoenn region would be controlled by Pokémon in return. I, Colress, the genius inventor, only I control Pokémon!"
Colress pressed the final button, and Kyurem and Zekrom let out painful Roars together.
The two sound waves on the instrument began to slowly merge into one.
On Reshiram's back, N wore a duckbill cap, his green hair fluttering in the wind. He closed his eyes, listening carefully to everything around him.
"Found them!" Reshiram flapped its wings forcefully and landed in the Giant Chasm.
Lucas looked at the environment of the Giant Chasm. Frozen all year round, it was indeed a good place to hide.
"Roar!" "Roar!" Everyone present heard the Roars coming from inside.
"Kyurem and Reshiram————"
He gently patted Latias's head. With a "whoosh," Latias flew into the cave, Garchomp followed closely behind, and seeing this, everyone else followed.
"They're here." Colress looked up and happened to see Lucas riding on Latias and Cynthia standing on Garchomp.
Ghetsis turned his head, glanced at the two, and then looked at the crowd running in. Among them, a green-haired man in a duckbill cap caught his attention.
Ghetsis said in a deep voice, "My child, you betrayed me, and now you want to destroy the ideals you once held?"
N's pupils constricted. Just as he wanted to retort, Lucas's voice rang out first.
"Ideals? Since when did your greedy desires deserve to be called ideals?"
Lucas glanced at the wailing Kyurem and Zekrom, then looked coldly at Ghetsis and said.
"You're Lucas, right? I know you. You've solved many incidents in the Sinnoh region————"
"Shut up." Lucas coldly interrupted him, giving Ghetsis and Colress two choices.
"I'll give you two choices." "What?" Ghetsis was stunned, and Colress beside him also stopped what he was doing and looked up at Lucas.
Lucas, riding on Latias, said, "Surrender, or be forced to surrender."
Cynthia looked at Lucas beside her, the corners of her eyes curving slightly. It had been a long time since she heard him speak like that.
"Are you so sure that we will lose and you will win?" Ghetsis said with a faint smile.
"Perhaps you haven't seen it yet? The true legend of the Unova region, and why Kyurem is called the dragon of nothingness?" Colress asked Lucas.
"The true legend?" Lucas chuckled, "Do you mean————White Kyurem, who fights for the future life of humans and Pokémon, or Black Kyurem, who fights for the future ideals of humans and Pokémon?"
Colress's pupils constricted. "How do you————"
Before Colress could finish his sentence, he noticed that there was only Cynthia beside Lucas. He quickly looked around, then rolled to the side without hesitation. Boom! The huge control console was hit by Dark Pulse and destroyed instantly.
Lucas frowned. Was he discovered? He had originally wanted to distract them and let Gengar sneak over to take them down, but who would have thought Colress would predict it in advance.
Colress stood up in a disheveled manner and pushed up his glasses, "Do you really think I didn't see Gengar's fighting style when I was in Opelucid City? It likes to sneak attack from behind and defeat enemies with one move."
Gengar behind him opened its mouth wide. I got discovered? But fortunately, I destroyed the machine.
Colress looked at the smiling Gengar, "You don't think destroying the machine is enough, do you? To tell you the truth, the machine's task has already been completed. Now it's time to show you Kyurem's true form."
Colress took out the dna splicers and put them into a small instrument, and a dazzling light shone.
The machines on Kyurem and Zekrom were all opened, and a powerful suction force pulled them together, their bodies beginning to slowly merge.
Subsequently, a Roar that resounded through the sky shattered the light, and a terrifying breath attacked Lucas and Cynthia.
Since the main target was Lucas, Garchomp quickly took Cynthia and dodged the breath, while Latias carried Lucas and kept dodging the breath in the air.
The breath, a mixture of lightning and ice, condensed into huge ice blocks wherever it passed.
Latias flipped its body to dodge the final breath, and Lucas consequently fell toward the ground.
"Dash." Lucas shouted, and then Lucas was steadily caught by a pair of strong and powerful arms. He took the opportunity to sit on Dash's shoulders, looking up at the fused Black Kyurem.
Sinnoh region, deep sea area. Rhys was alone with the noble young lady, enjoying their fishing time together, enjoying the fishing time that only belonged to the two of them.
Suddenly, a loud explosion came from the water, and a figure rose from thin air, shooting straight into the sky.
A certain big bird: Surprised? I'm back again!
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